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A dispute between the state and the Poospatuck tribe escalated today, when a Senate committee recommended the state revoke its recognition of the tribe and increase efforts to collect cigarette taxes on Native American reservations. The Senate Standing Committee on Investigations & Government Operations issued the report recommending the state increase efforts to collect taxes from sales of cigarettes on Native American reservations to non-Native Americans.
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Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending May 18. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT: Voting 222 for and 205 against, the House on May 16 approved a Republican bill (HR 4970) to renew the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) through fiscal 2016 on a budget of $680 million annually. The bill was disputed mainly because it omits provisions in a bi-partisan Senate-passed bill to expand protections for battered women who are illegal immigrants, Native American women who are assaulted on reservations by non-Indians and gays, lesbians and transsexuals. A conference committee will reconcile the competing House and Senate bills.
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Well into the 20th century, the national government had financial responsibility for mental healthcare only for a small number of wards of the state: armed forces personnel, veterans, residents of Native American reservations and overseas territories, and residents of the District of Columbia. Survivors of mental illnesses, emotional disorders, and substance abuse know that some people will treat them with suspicion, fear, and contempt when they relate policy choices to their personal experience.
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Tariq Khan - whose trade association represents the owners of nearly 200 7-Eleven stores in Suffolk, Nassau and New York City - doesn't smoke. But he's fired up over Nassau's and Suffolk's consideration of a tax that would jack up cigarettes by $2 a pack. Khan, president of the group that represents stores with nearly 2,000 employees and also chairman of the board of the National Coalition of Associations of 7-Eleven Franchisees, believes the proposed cigarette tax would hurt small businesses and drive buyers elsewhere - to Native American reservations, for instance, where cigarettes are tax-free. Why do you care so much about cigarette prices? Cigarettes are 25 percent of our business. It's a huge part of our business. When 25 percent of your business is going to be impacted, you're ve...
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The National Federation of Community Broadcasters will hold its 32nd Annual Community Radio Conference today through Saturday at the Sheraton Hotel. Officials said hundreds are expected to attend the conference, which will draw community radio broadcasters from major urban stations to stations on Native American reservations. The conference features networking, hands-on workshops and panels and plenaries.
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The District A majority of residents in this district are Native American. The reservations of the following tribes/nations are within the boundaries of this district (in alphabetical order): Hualapai, Havasupai, Hopi, and Navajo. The district encompasses the northeast quadrant of the state and extends from the eastern border with New Mexico to a point within 15 miles of the state's western border with Nevada. The western spur generally follows the boundary of Grand Canyon National Park. Another spur extends along I-40 from the southwest corner of the Navajo Reservation to include the City of Flagstaff. (Most of the area around Flagstaff is in District 1.) After Flagstaff (2006 est population: 58,213), the largest concentration of people is in the unincorporated community of Tuba City w...
